Website Teases New Baldur's Gate ... Something - UPDATED

[80Maxwell08]

Edit: I've said this in other places, but it's amazing how unanimous everyone is in agreement that we don't want Bioware touching Baldur's Gate for fear that they would ruin it. It hurts to say that, but it's so damn true. Minor characters like Anomen and Nalia would be cut off and sold as DLC and all the classes would be funneled down into the trio of warrior, thief, and wizard in the current state of Bioware.

There is no middle finger big enough, EA.

Is it unanimous? I've been saying for years that Bioware are the worst thing to happen to the RPG genre and every time I get smacked down by waves of rabid fanbois telling me I'm an idiot. Bioware systematically dumb down every instalment they release and encourage mediocrity in a way that is simply repellent and yet people actually tell me they enjoyed Dragon Age 2. It's like I'm an alien speaking another language sometimes.

Join me fellow brother let us unite to wipe this plague from the face of this planet.

Death to the false Emperor and all their servants?

Well technically it could go either way since both the enemies of the Emperor and his servants all want to wipe everything else out in existence so whichever you prefer.

I was more implying the whole 'heresy to talk negatively about bioware' route.

Ah good point. Well then death to the false emperor and all that.

 

[Elyxard]

Is it unanimous? I've been saying for years that Bioware are the worst thing to happen to the RPG genre and every time I get smacked down by waves of rabid fanbois telling me I'm an idiot. Bioware systematically dumb down every instalment they release and encourage mediocrity in a way that is simply repellent and yet people actually tell me they enjoyed Dragon Age 2. It's like I'm an alien speaking another language sometimes.

Oh I do get the same thing trying to prove that EA has been destroying Bioware from day one. People have gotten so used to DLC that they forget how damaging it is to the structure of these games. I still can't believe there are so many people defending modern Bioware with this.

But yea, anyone who's a true fan of Baldur's Gate can see what's happening to them much more clearly, as definitely indicated by this thread.

Well now. I just started playing Baldur's Gate 2 again. It's kinda refreshing really, considering I've played the game through 28 times now. Yes, 28. This was one of the absolute pleasures of my teenage years. Baldur's Gate 1's great too, but 2's my game. It's an old friend, something I can always return to. It's refreshing, really, to not remember everything absolutely any more (though I still can recite every narration and piece of voice acting from memory, and actually do so for the nostalgia kicks during cutscenes).

So this might sound weird, but... well, I hope it won't be Baldur's Gate 3. I mean, I can very well agree that it will be a good game, a great game even. I can agree that it could, objectively, be better than the ones before. And yet I know that no matter how good it will be, it can't be the game I'm hoping it would be, what with the nostalgia and all. It's a petty thing, it is, but I can't help but know my old grognardiness will be nagging all the way through. Sad, but that's the way it is.

I haven't played BG2 quite as many times.. but I'm sure I'm close. Pretty much spot on in every regard there. I never get bored of it, every single time I play it I can try something new or I can discover something new. It is probably one of the most re-playable games in existence. I can definitely sympathize with it being an old friend that I can always go back to.

And yea, Baldur's Gate 3 could never live up to what BG2 is, even if it happened to be "better". Baldur's Gate is a complete story in the most absolute sense, it deserves to be left alone.

When Dragon Age: Origins was said to be a spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate, that already doomed the game in my eyes. The entire time I played DA:O I was comparing it to BG, realizing that almost every aspect of it betrays what Baldur's Gate stood for. It marked the downfall of Bioware for me.

 

[y04coopa]

 

[lRookiel]

It's just wishful thinking at the moment, but I hope they do a re release.

I'd love the old story to be done with current generation graphics aswell as more voice acting for the dialogue they didn't cover.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

Modern remake of the best RPG ever made? Return to Athkatla? A third title to revisit the story of the child of Bhaal?

They could put any DRM into this title, ask for my blood, fingerprint and retina scan to confirm identity each time. They could take the soul of my first born. They could request payment in the form of a blank cheque. It could be published by the Unholy Alliance of Activision, EA, Ubisoft and Satan and I would still buy it without hesitation

 

[endtherapture]

Ah.

The Child of Bhaal has awoken.

It is time for more...experiments.




On topic, a 3D HD remake of Baldur's Gate 2 in a Dragon Age Origins esque engine would be amazing. If it was fully voice acted too OH MY GOD.

I'd like both games remade, but something to make 1 much more fun and engaging, since it was maddeningly frustrating and horrible. 2 was fine though.

 

[NovaStalker]

Dear God please no 3D. Isometric is at least half of the charm of the old infinity engine. It lets you have the beautiful backdrops that it had. If I wanted some 3D thing I could just play Skyrim and cry every time the contrived plot shows up.

 

[Count Igor]

Even if it is a re-release, I so want it. I've wanted to play Baldur's again for so long (I only played like an hour of it before, 'cause I was young. :c ) but.. hey. I'm a graphic's whore!

 

[Rob Makai]

Just check the source code myself;






-Website-

And then...

 

[Ramith]

http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/107112-baldurs-gate-mystery-project-comments-and-qcoming-soonq-teaser-trailer.html

Read this part "Oh, and what type of project would require an iMac? An iOS port, methinks."

Ya, not so excited now...

Ah well...

 

[Dwarfare]

Hopefully it's more than just that.

 

[StBishop]

I believe this is relevant to all of our interests.


You're welcome.

 

[StBishop]

Ah.

The Child of Bhaal has awoken.

It is time for more...experiments.




On topic, a 3D HD remake of Baldur's Gate 2 in a Dragon Age Origins esque engine would be amazing. If it was fully voice acted too OH MY GOD.

I'd like both games remade, but something to make 1 much more fun and engaging, since it was maddeningly frustrating and horrible. 2 was fine though.

The only required voice acting is Jim Cummings at the start.

"If we are separated you should head to the Friendly Arm Inn; there you will meet Kahlid and Jahira. They have long been my friends, and you can trust them."

 

[marcusslade]

FYI - They are changing the comments hidden in the HTML code every day.

 

[diablomaki]

i hope its a new baldur's gate the others were so awesome and i need more of the like

 

[El Dwarfio]

That picture looks like a creepy mix of Shepard from Mass Effect and Varrys from Game of Thrones.

 

[Bravo 21]

FYI - They are changing the comments hidden in the HTML code every day.

This is true, I checked it out today(March 1st) and it told me it would teach me to use my wrath. Definitely piqued my interest.
EDIT: Ninja'd, though i'm not entirely suprised about that.

 

[D64nz]

And this is where shit like Fast and Furious 5 comes from. It's called flogging a dead horse instead of coming up with new ones.

BG was a great series and we'll all have fond memeries of it, but let it die peacfully. Stop clinging to the past and look forward to new and exciting futures...

Oh wait, there's alredy too much of this going on. It's the same kind of logic that Battlefield 3 seem like a good idea at the time, as opposed to the dumbed down retread that spawned in its place.

 

[Vegosiux]

Until I know more specifics, I will withhold judgement of course.

But, if they considered a 3D overhaul, then they should be condemned to the deepest reaches of gaming hell, for all eternity. Why? Well, apart from the isometric thing mentioned before, I'm pretty sure they'd do a lot of "streamlining" to "appeal to a wider audience".

But, until I know for sure, I will not rage. Once I know for sure, well...

 

[Rob Makai]

Is anyone interested in 'Gathering a party' and 'venturing forth' BG2:ToB or SoA online?

I have a paladin just itching to break out Carsomyr on some unsuspecting evil buttocks!

Or, alternatively, experience the joy of rolling a new character and appeasing the miniature giant space hamster - slayer style?